Still on the Move Award winner

 Some histories do not stay in the past.

They live in families, communities, memories, and in the people who make sure they are not forgotten.

That idea sits at the heart of Still on the Move, a Mentor A Promise documentary featuring Mike Africa Jr. We are honored to share that the film has received an Impact DOCS Award of Recognition for the August 2026 season.

For our team, the recognition is meaningful. But the story—and the people who entrusted us with it—remain the reason the documentary was made.

For Mike Africa Jr., History Is Family

For Mike Africa Jr., the story of MOVE is not simply a chapter in Philadelphia history.

It is family.

The imprisonment of his parents, the loss of family members, and the lasting impact of the 1985 MOVE bombing became part of a history that shaped his life and one he continues to carry forward.

In Still on the Move, Mike reflects on memory, family, resilience, and the responsibility of preserving a history whose consequences did not end on May 13, 1985.

His perspective asks us to consider something larger:

What happens when history continues to live through the people who carry it?

Remembering Through Movement

On May 16, 2026, Mike organized the inaugural MOVE Day 5K.

Mentor A Promise joined families, community members, advocates, and supporters to document the gathering.

The day honored the lives lost in the bombing while creating space for remembrance, resilience, and renewal.

People came together not simply to look backward, but to carry memory forward.

That became an important part of the documentary.

Still on the Move is about history, but it is also about what remains after history becomes a headline: families, memories, relationships, communities, questions, and the people determined to remember.

The Responsibility Behind the Camera

Documentary storytelling requires more than recording what happens in front of a camera.

It requires listening.

When someone allows filmmakers into their life, family, memories, or history, they are offering something valuable: trust.

Our responsibility was to approach that trust with care.

We wanted Still on the Move to create room for Mike's perspective rather than speak over it—to document, listen, and allow the story to unfold through the people carrying its legacy.

Recognizing Our Creative Team

Receiving an Impact DOCS Award of Recognition is also an opportunity to recognize the people behind the film.

Our filmmakers, producers, editors, storytellers, and creative team gave their time, talent, and attention to bringing Still on the Move to the screen.

We are proud of what they created.

More importantly, we are proud of the care they brought to the responsibility of telling someone else's story.

This recognition belongs to them as well.

Why This Recognition Matters

An award does not make a story important.

The story was important before the first camera was turned on.

But recognition can help a story travel.

It can introduce the documentary to someone who did not know this history. It can encourage someone to listen. It can create another conversation. And it can give the people and experiences represented in the film another opportunity to be seen and heard.

For that, we are grateful to the Impact DOCS Awards for recognizing Still on the Move.

Still Moving

More than four decades have passed since May 13, 1985.

But history does not disappear when the headlines do.

It lives in families.

It lives in communities.

It lives in memory.

And it lives through people like Mike Africa Jr., who continue to carry it forward.

Still on the Move has received an award, and we are deeply grateful for that recognition.

But the purpose remains unchanged:

To listen.

To remember.

And to make space for stories that should not disappear.

Some histories don't stay in the past.

They are still on the move.

— Mentor A Promise